2015 GUITAR FESTIVAL COMPETITORS

Hailing from as close as Brookfield, Wisconsin, to as far as Salerno, Italy, the winners of the third annual Wilson Center Guitar Competition & Festivalwere announced on Saturday, August 15, 2015. Semi-final and final competition rounds in four different genres—Fingerstyle, Classical, Jazz, and Rock/Blues—took place over the three-day event and featured 59 guitarists from 14 countries competing for $22,000 in cash prizes.

First-place winners in each genre received $3,000, as well as an opportunity to perform as part of the Festival headliner concert featuring fingerstyle legend Leo Kottke with special guest Antoine Dufour on Saturday, August 15, 2015. Second-place winners in each genre received $1,500, and third-place winners in each genre received $1,000.

Congratulations to the winners and all competitors who joined us this year!

*Indicates competitor advancing to final rounds on Saturday, August 15

The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts is supported in part by the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the United Performing Arts Fund.

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